Towards explanation generation using feature models in software product lines
Dean Kramer, Christian Sauer, Thomas Roth–Berghofer · 2013
Abstract. Dynamic Software Product Line (DSPL) Engineering has gained interest through its promise of being able to unify software adaptation whereby software can be configured at compile time and runtime. Just like conventional adaptive software, software dynamism can confuse the user, and lower user trust. Variability knowledge expressed in a feature model though may not be understandable to the end user. Explanations have been shown to improve intelligibility of the software, and improve user trust. In this work, we consider how explanations can be used in DSPLs, by adding explanatory knowledge to feature models that can be used to generate explanations at runtime.